Insecticide



Patented July 14, 1925' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

WILLIAM C. JONSON, OF NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR TO JONSONSEUREKA'COMBINATION SPRAY CO.,

A CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON.

INSECTICIDE.

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVILLIAM C. J oNsoN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of North Yakima, in the county of Yakima and State ofWashington, have invented a new and useful Insecticide, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is an insecticide and its principal object is to provide aninsecticide spray or bath for trees, shrubberyand other plants whichwill kill insects such as green aphis, wooly aphis, red spider, leafroller,

San Jose scale and coddling moth as wellas destroy the eggs thereof.Further, the invention contemplates an insecticide of this characterwhich will not in any way injure the trees, plants or the fruit thereof.I

It is also an object of the invention to provide an insecticidewhichconsists of comparatively few ingredients but which is highlyeffective in use.

With the preceding and other objects and advantages in mind, theinvention consists of the novelcombination of ingredients, the

manner of mixing the same and proportions as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

My insecticide consists of the following: Nicotine sulphate 45.00%cyanide 'ofsodium 12.38%; creosote 22.28%; and inert in gredients20.34%.

Application filed April 18, 1922. Serial No. 555,240.

Preparatory to using the insecticide one quart of the same is added totwo hundred gallons of water. pounds of rock lime is added and themixture thoroughly stirred to dissolve all sediment. The function of thelime is to increase the volatility of they nicotine sulfate.

In reduction to practice, I have found that 40 the various elementsnecessary in the carrying of my invention into effect, and referred toin the above description, are the most effective, yet realizing that theconditions concurrent with the carrying of my invention into use. willnecessarily Vary, I desire to LIAM. c. JoNsoN.

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